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EXAMS IN AUTONOMOUS

Dr. Vijilius Helena Raj

Professor and Controller of Examination

New Horizon College of Engineering is an autonomous institute, effective from August 2015, affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum. The institute promotes academic curriculum as per the needs of the industry and new developments in the various fields.

The office of the Controller of Examinations was established in the year 2015 after the conferment of Autonomous status to the institute.

The examination for the autonomous courses is conducted by the Institute, in two stages emphasizing continuous Internal Evaluation [CIE] throughout the semester and Semester End Examination [SEE] at the end of the semester. Complete examination process is executed by the Office of the Controller of Examination in coordination with all departments.

IMPORTANT ACTIVITIES OF THE OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER OF EXAMINATION ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Issuing Semester Grade Card at the end of every semester. Transcripts and other related certificates will be issued on request.
Issuing certificates such as Course completion, Conduct and Provisional degree Certificate to all successful candidates after the completion of a Programme .
Recommending successful candidates with their Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) to the Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum for issue of Original Degree Certificate.
Providing and Publishing list of Rank holders and Medallists before the conduct of Annual convocation.
Strictly adhere to the university instructions regarding Autonomous Examinations.
Conduction of all Semester End Examination of the college.
Overall examination process which includes, scheduling the examination dates, to take necessary action to set the question papers from the examiners, printing the question papers, conduction, valuation, and Processing and publishing results in time
Notifications, SEE timetable, instructions, guidelines etc. any additions and modifications are invariably being notified to departments and on the website from time to time
SEE results of undergraduate and post graduate examinations are announced in website within a week of completion of Examination.

(For Detailed GUIDELINES Visit : https://newhorizonindia.edu/nhengineering/academic-rules-regulations/)

The order in which SEE is conducted is as follows:

Semester End Examination: At the end of every semester (ODD/EVEN) the institute shall conduct Examination. Evaluation is done under the supervision and jurisdiction of Controller of Examination.

Generally ODD Semester End Examinations is held between November to December and Even Semester End Examinations is held between April to May.

A student shall be considered to have completed a Course successfully and earned the credits if he/she secures an acceptable letter grade in the range O to P for UG and O to C for PG. Letter grade ‘F’ in any Course implies failure of the student in that Course and no credits earned. Letter grade ‘NE’ in any Course implies that student failed to gain eligibility to appear for courses in Semester End Examinations. In such cases he/she should repeat the course by re-registering.

Makeup Examination: Student who obtains transitional grades such as ‘I’, ‘W’ and ‘X’ in SEE are eligible to appear in subsequent examinations considered as Makeup Examination, and can secure Letter Grades for that particular course. Student who fails to obtain letter grades in Makeup Examination will automatically obtain F grade for respective course.

Revaluation: It is a grievance redressing mechanism which facilitates the students to get the answer scripts reassessed by a different examiner.

Supplementary Semester: Student who obtains NE grade in a particular course in ODD and EVEN semester is eligible for Supplementary Semester for that particular course only. He/she will have to attend the classes and take up the CIE once again and then further Supplementary Semester Examination.

Student who obtains F grade in a particular course in ODD and EVEN semester is eligible for Supplementary Semester for that particular course only. He/she will have to appear for the Supplementary Semester Examination.

Supplementary Semester is held only once in a Year, between June and August. Student can register for Supplementary Semester with maximum of 14 credits.

Eligibility Criteria for SEE

Student has to acquire a minimum attendance of 85% and Minimum CIE marks of 40% (UG) and 50% (PG) in each course to be eligible to take up SEE.

Eligibility for Passing and Award of Degree

UG: For a pass in a theory and laboratory (practical) course, the student shall secure minimum of 40% of the maximum marks prescribed in the Semester End Examination and 40% of marks in CIE and 40 % in the aggregate of CIE and SEE marks. The Minimum Passing Grade in a course is P.

PG: For a pass in a theory and laboratory (practical) course, the student shall secure minimum of 40% of the maximum marks prescribed in the Semester End Examination and 50% of marks in CIE and 50 % in the aggregate of CIE and SEE marks. The Minimum Passing Grade in a course is C.

Grade Points Scale for Absolute Grading for UG:

Level	Outstanding	Excellent	Very Good	Good	Above Average	Average	Pass	Fail
Letter Grade	O	A+	A	B+	B	C	P	F
Grade Points	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	0
Percentage of Marks Scored in a Course	>=90	<90 >=80	<80 >=70	<70 >=60	<60 >=55	<55 >=50	<50 >=40	<40
Percentage of Marks Scored in a Course	(90-100)	(80-89)	(70-79)	(60-69)	(55-59)	(50-54)	(40-49)	(0-39)

Grade Points Scale for Absolute Grading for PG:

Level	Outstanding	Excellent	Very Good	Good	Average	Pass	Fail
Letter Grade	O	A+	A	B+	B	C	F
Grade Points	10	9	8	7	6	5	0
Percentage of Marks Scored in a Course	>=90	<90 >=80	<80 >=70	<70 >=60	<60 >=55	<55 >=50	<50
Percentage of Marks Scored in a Course	(90-100)	(80-89)	(70-79)	(60-69)	(55-59)	(50-54)	(0-49)

Grade Point Averages:

SGPA and CGPA: The credit index can be used further for calculating the Semester Grade Point Average (SGPA) and the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA), both of which being important performance indices of the student. While

SGPA is equal to the credit index for a semester divided by the total number of credits registered by the student in that semester,

CGPA gives the sum total of credit indices of all the previous semesters divided by the total number of credits registered in all these semesters

Conversions of Grades into Percentage and Class Equivalence

Conversions of Grades into Percentage: Conversion formula for the conversion of CGPA into percentage is given below: Percentage of marks secured, P=[CGPA Earned]×10 Illustration for a CGPA Of 8.20: P=[CGPA Earned 8.2]×10=82.0 %

Class Equivalence: After the conversion of final CGPA into percentage of marks (P), a graduating student is reckoned to have passed in (i) First Class with Distinction [FCD] if P≥70% (ii) First Class (FC) if P≥60% but <60% (iii) Second Class (SC) if P≥50% but <50%

ELIGIBILITY TO PROGRESS FOR THE NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR

Semester	Permission and Conditions	Maximum Duration
I	Regular/ readmission The re-admitted students must comply with all requirements applicable to 2022-23 admitted students.	B.E: Eight years (regular) and Six years (lateral entry) from the date of the first admission and also as per notifications issued from time to time by university.
III	The students are permitted to seek admission to 3^rd semester if they have satisfied attendance requirements as per applicable regulations up to 2^nd semester, with maximum four backlogs courses from 1^st and 2^nd semesters (These courses include courses marked as NE and F).
V	The students are permitted to seek admission to the 5^th semester if they have satisfied the attendance requirements as per applicable regulations up to the 4^th semester. From 3^rd semester onwards the student/s who obtains required attendance, CIE, and appears for Semester End examinations but fails (F Grade) to pass a course/s is allowed to move forward to the next semester (odd/even) irrespective of a number of F grades. However, for the award of degree, the student has to pass in all courses as per applicable scheme and regulations and earn the prescribed credits. This is subject to a permitted maximum duration.
VII	The students are permitted to seek admission to the 7^th semester only if they have satisfied the attendance requirements for all the courses as per applicable regulations up to the 6^th semester and with any number of backlogs courses (F grade) from the 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, and 6^th semesters. But the student will be given admission to the IV year (7^th semester/8^th semester) provided he/she passes all courses of 1^st and 2^nd semesters.